I don't know about you, but I happen to be a major fan of video games. One of my favorites is actually a series, called final fantasy.
Many people don't realize this, but lot's of the characters found in the games, can also be found in history! The creators of the games took names of mythological creatures and characters to fill out there game.
A great example of this is Gilgamesh. He commonly appears as a helpful force (the term for this changes with each game) But the story of Gilgamesh originated in an Akkadian text. His story is a great epic of imortality, for Gilgamesh was two thirds god and one third man.
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